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Pain wind-up — is a phenomenon where repeated painful stimulation of peripheral nerves at sufficient intensity to stimulate group C nerve fibers leads to progressively increasing electrical response in the corresponding spinal posterior horn neurons. This slow … Wikipedia
Pain — This article is about physical pain. For pain in the broader sense, see Suffering. For other uses, see Pain (disambiguation). Pain A sports player in pain. ICD 10 R52 … Wikipedia
Receptor — In cell biology, a structure on the surface of a cell (or inside a cell) that selectively receives and binds a specific substance. There are hoards of receptors. There are receptors for insulin, receptors for low density lipoproteins (LDL), etc.… … Medical dictionary
Receptor antagonist — This article is about the biochemistry term. For other uses, see Antagonist (disambiguation). Antagonists will block the binding of an agonist at a receptor molecule, inhibiting the signal produced by a receptor agonist coupling. A receptor… … Wikipedia
pain — /payn/, n. 1. physical suffering or distress, as due to injury, illness, etc. 2. a distressing sensation in a particular part of the body: a back pain. 3. mental or emotional suffering or torment: I am sorry my news causes you such pain. 4. pains … Universalium
pain — fish have nocioceptors, a peripheral nervous receptor, sensitive to noxious stimuli and reporting to the central nervous system where the stimulus is perceived and motor responses initiated. Fishes can sense stimuli but these receptors provide no … Dictionary of ichthyology
Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis — Classification and external resources OMIM 256800 DiseasesDB 32097 MeSH … Wikipedia
Cannabinoid receptor — protein Name=cannabinoid receptor 1 (brain) caption= width= HGNCid=2159 Symbol=CNR1 AltSymbols=CNR EntrezGene=1268 OMIM=114610 RefSeq=NM 033181 UniProt=P21554 PDB= ECnumber= Chromosome=6 Arm=q Band=14 LocusSupplementaryData= q15protein… … Wikipedia
NK1 receptor antagonist — Neurokinin 1 (NK1) antagonists are a novel class of medications that possesses unique antidepressant,[1] anxiolytic,[2] and antiemetic properties. The discovery of neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptor antagonists was a turning point in the prevention of… … Wikipedia
NMDA receptor antagonist — Ketamine, one of the most common NMDA receptor antagonists. NMDA receptor antagonists are a class of anesthetics that work to antagonize, or inhibit the action of, the N methyl d aspartate receptor (NMDAR). They are used as anesthesia for animals … Wikipedia
